CIS summit in Minsk

President Vladimir Putin arrives in Minsk to take part in the Summit of CIS Heads of State and the Interstate Council of Eurasian Economic Union.

The CIS summit agenda includes several projects aimed at further developing interstate cooperation.

President of Ukraine will not participate in the CIS summit in Minsk on Friday

Belarusian Minister for Foreign Affairs Uladzimir Makei will conduct the meeting.

A delegation led by Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow on October 8 arrived with an official visit to Belarus.

The summit will be held on October 10, secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev said at the second meeting of secretaries of the CI

The other CIS Presidents have also been invited.

The Belarusian President claimed it at a press conference of the heads of CIS member states.

EaP member states may make use of it to lay down demands for Russia, reckons political commentator Yury Shautsou.